Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 410: Collapse of the Battle Formation
Levi also summoned some Barani angels and wind elements again. Although they could not confront the bone dragon head-on, they were able to restrain the opponent for a short period of time with their own agility and speed.
And he had to get rid of this arrogant vampire in the shortest possible time.
When the other party showed up, the outcome was already determined. Unless they were at the legendary level, how many people could withstand their siege?
Thinking of this, he also glared at the opponent and responded with several eye-wave-like ray attacks - Heavenly Gaze.
He seldom holds grudges, because if he does, he usually takes revenge on the spot!
Facing their siege, even though the vampire wizard was considered a strong man, he still died without a doubt after only three or five moves.
After losing his backbone, those necromancers and vampires with command capabilities also followed one after another under Levi's targeted attacks.
After this, most of the remaining ones are undead who have no intelligence, only some basic fighting instincts and disgust for the living, so naturally they will not become much of a threat.
The two bone dragons were an exception. Although they were also very stupid, they were still very lethal. While he was dealing with the necromancer, they had already killed dozens of celestial creatures in succession.
Their flying speed is faster than that of ordinary angels. Although their movements are not very flexible, their attack range is large enough to make up for their shortcomings to a considerable extent.
Especially those Flame Sub-Embroidered Cinder Guards, who are very efficient in killing low- and mid-level enemies, but when facing enemies like Bone Dragons, they undoubtedly become the best targets.
Then Levi discovered that the griffin mount, which had been working hard and loyally since following him, also expressed his thoughts for the first time.
It wanted to fight the bone dragon, even if the price of failure would be death.
The griffin is a natural warrior. It is willing to be the mount of the strong, but it is also eager to fight with strong enemies.
That is danger, but also opportunity!
Although a little surprised, Levi did not refuse its first request.
After casting the flying spell on himself, Levi allowed the other party and many celestial creatures to attack the bone dragon together.
But to be honest, he doesn't really care whether it succeeds or fails.
Even if it successfully kills the bone dragon and advances, what can it do?
The race it comes from has determined its upper limit, and it will almost never be able to compare to a real dragon or phoenix.
Perhaps after the battle here is over, it will be time for me to change to a more powerful mount.
However, in just a few minutes, except for the bone dragon, other threatening undead creatures, such as tomb demons and sword-bound spirits, had basically been eliminated.
Then Luna led the huntress troops and happily hunted the remaining low- and middle-level undead.
Those guys were slow to begin with and didn't know how to escape, so there was no other outcome for them except for being bled dry by Luna and her team until they were completely killed.
Only the two bone dragons are a little difficult to deal with.
Levi originally thought that they were summoned creatures, but after the vampire wizard died, they still stayed here, and even their attributes did not change. They still easily killed many celestial creatures in seconds. He realized that this was not the case.
They were most likely created by the vampire, but summoned using a special method, just like he summoned the Death Guards.
But this made it easier for everyone to act, because not only Levi's griffin was interested in them, but Sally and Sefa also wanted to hunt them.
Since he was aware of their desire, Levi did not intervene. He just did some auxiliary work, tested their weaknesses, and most importantly, prevented them from spitting out dragon breath.
Thanks to the tacit cooperation between him, Cindy and others, the mission was completed brilliantly.
The two bone dragons were like fools. They were first separated and then carried around by many celestial creatures. Sefa and others took the opportunity to launch an attack.
Only when they are hit particularly hard will the bone dragons want to retaliate against Sefa and the others, but at this time Cindy will take the initiative to go forward with the angels to attract firepower.
They are all very powerful, and even if they are hit head-on by the bone dragon, they will not be killed instantly and will be able to rejoin the battle quickly.
The performance of the griffin was also beyond Levi's expectations. It was not as reckless as its other peers, but mixed among the many celestial creatures, waiting for the right opportunity to strike twice.
It seems that after following Levi for so long, it has become much smarter.
But it's no wonder, as griffins are naturally quite intelligent, and after special training, they may even be able to understand all commonly used human or elven languages.
In comparison, this bit of combat wisdom is nothing.
Levi also basically understood the abilities of the bone dragons. Overall, among the 6th-level troops, they should be considered to be among the most powerful ones.
The ability to fly alone is enough to allow them to take the initiative in battle.
This meant that even with the assistance of Levi, Cindy and others, celestial creatures still frequently died in battle, because a random attack from them could easily severely injure them or even kill them instantly.
Adding those killed by sword-bound spirits and undead wizards, the number of celestial creatures lost this time is among the highest among many battles.
At the same time, many weaknesses of ordinary undead have been obviously weakened in it, and the restraint of fire and light magic on them is no longer so obvious.
But despite this, their intelligence was too low, and after wasting some time, they were destroyed by their own continuous attacks.
Sally first killed a skeleton dragon with a fireball, and then the griffin dealt the final blow to another skeleton dragon.
As they crashed to the ground and scattered into broken bones, all the people involved in the battle couldn't help but relax a little.
It is difficult for those who have not personally fought against a bone dragon to imagine the oppressive feeling brought by this behemoth.
Sefa was a little disappointed, because she failed to achieve her goal. Not only was she beaten by Sally, but she was even worse than a griffin. This was really...
Li Wei immediately comforted him: "Don't be discouraged. We have only defeated one direction of the three-way attack of the Silver Blood Army. You still have many chances."
While they were fighting the bone dragon, the situation in other directions was not peaceful either. In particular, the main force led by Earl Edward himself caused considerable trouble to Khalida.
There are many powerful monsters among them, waiting for them to hunt.
Sefa immediately chuckled and nodded: "Don't worry, Levi, I won't be discouraged by such a small matter. I just don't know if Sonia will surpass me."
Although they are as close as sisters, there is of course competition between them.
Levi nodded and didn't say anything more. Now was not the time to completely relax.
After stroking the griffin's big head to show encouragement and praising those who performed particularly well, several clever rat masters immediately picked up the spoils.
In the current battle, their strength is too weak, and any area magic may take them away directly.
So their tasks have gradually changed, from scouts at the beginning to cleaners cleaning the battlefield.
It’s not clear what level the vampire was just now, but the equipment he was wearing was quite luxurious.
A purple campaign treasure - Undead Shield, which can improve the defense and magic resistance of the undead, and has an attached magic - Slowdown. It is also part of a certain combination treasure.
Although it is of no use to Levi, he already knows that this thing is compatible with the Black Magic Sword.
Together with the skull crown and bone breastplate, they can be combined into the famous legendary battle treasure - Cursed Armor.
In addition to inheriting the many enhancements to the undead, they also inherited the skills of the four treasures, namely, Slowness, Curse, Weakness and Impending Disaster.
Speed, critical hit rate, critical hit damage rate, attack power, and luck will all be reduced, and the duration will also be greatly increased.
Even if the value of each item is not high, when combined, the effect is quite remarkable.
If they find the right buyer, they will undoubtedly be worth very much.
A special manuscript that records his research and manufacturing process of the sword-binding spirits. After reading it carefully, one can learn how to make them.
But Levi looked down on it. Not to mention that as a lawful good camp, it was impossible for him to create this kind of undead. He actually already had a better substitute, which was the shadow element.
A pair of purple mystic shoes, in addition to increasing movement speed, magic resistance and magic limit, it also comes with a very powerful skill - restoring magic.
At the cost of consuming 100 magic points, the caster and all friendly units within a 6-meter diameter will each recover 50 magic points.
Although the cooling time is as long as 5 minutes and the coverage area is not large, the cost-effectiveness is incredibly high.
As long as one friendly soldier enjoys this result, the rest is pure profit!
Levi decided to throw it to the priests, who needed magic the most in battle.
The last one is a seemingly inconspicuous blue equipment - Shadow Urn.
It looks like an urn on the outside, but what is filled inside is not ashes, but a large amount of soul crystals.
Levi had previously guessed that since so many swords were created to bind souls, the vampire might still have some in stock.
As expected, the Shadow Urn was filled with more than five hundred soul crystals, all of which were of very high quality and could be used directly to create Death Guards.
There aren't even any after-effects, because these soul crystals have erased the consciousness and other things in them, and are now just pure energy bodies.
I don’t know how long that guy has been saving it, but now it’s all Levi’s.
Unfortunately, the two skeleton dragons didn't drop any equipment. They only dropped some materials such as dragon teeth and dragon bones, and then two broken souls.
Most of the undead do not have souls, and once they are killed, they tend to disappear into thin air, so even though Levi killed so many ghouls and sword-bound spirits, he didn't gain much in this regard.
But probably in order to strengthen the wisdom and fighting power of these two bones, the vampire also used some special methods to forcibly stuff his special soul into them.
Although Levi couldn't see how they were strengthened, the soul crystal fragments he obtained after killing them were indeed high-end products.
As long as he gets another one later, he can create a new Sphinx.
As for the other spoils, Levi didn't have time to take a closer look at them for the time being. Anyway, he already knew most of what ordinary undead could provide.
Leaving Luna's female hunter troops behind to continue encircling the remaining undead, he took Cindy and others directly back to the front battlefield.
However, although they had previously learned from the intelligence transmitted by the monitor Yakong and the ancient tomb priests that the battle situation was very unfavorable to their side.
But when he actually saw it with his own eyes, Levi realized how bad this so-called bad situation was.
They did successfully intercept the Black Knights at the ferry, and with the active efforts of Elegy, Alduin and others, it seemed that they had almost killed all of them.
But as he was busy fighting the bone dragon, his attention to this side was slightly reduced. In just a few minutes, the battle formation in the east had almost completely collapsed.
Looking around, all they could see were bones and rock fragments, almost covering the entire ground. They undoubtedly represented a large number of casualties on their side.
Even the God-chosen heroes, who were usually quite alert, suffered heavy losses at this moment.
It’s not that Kalida or they were careless. In fact, after Levi’s reminder, they immediately made targeted deployments.
But the enemy this time is too powerful.
In the Eastern Undead Army, there are not only tens of thousands of low- and mid-level cannon fodder troops, but also nearly two thousand knights.
In addition to the Black Knights and Soul Bound Knights, there are also some special knights decorated with bloody dragon emblems and wearing bloody armor - the Blood Knights.
The Death Knight, Blood Knight, and Terror Knight are the three strongest Undead Knights.
Among them, all Death Knights are hero units. Their number is relatively small, but their average comprehensive strength may be the strongest.
Its unique inheritance of three major series: blood, evil and ice. Ordinary people can have considerable combat effectiveness even if they only know one or two moves of it, let alone one of them.
However, the Death Knight can practice all three disciplines at the same time. The most typical example is Maltis, who is hiding somewhere and waiting for an opportunity to strike.
She is mainly frost-based and is very good at staying alive, but she also knows a little about the other two types.
The Death Grip alone is enough to easily defeat many fragile professions.
The Blood Knights are equally good. Their biggest feature is that all the knights are mid- to high-level vampires, and the weapons they use are all magical weapons with evil attributes.
Heavy armor, rage, hunger, bloodsucking, plus the vampires' own racial characteristics and many spellcasting abilities, make their combat power incredibly strong.
It is said that the Blood Knights were originally unique to the Blood Dragon Family. All of them imitated their family ancestor, hoping that one day they could drink dragon blood and no longer be cursed by blood. They are also called Blood Dragon Knights.
But later, other vampire families saw this and began to form their own vampire knights.
In comparison, their strengths vary widely.
Because as long as a vampire is skilled in martial arts (even if he thinks he is) and calls himself a knight, then in theory he can be called a blood knight.
Judging from the strength shown by these guys in front of us, although they are unlikely to be real Blood Dragon Knights and are just some crude imitations, they are still very strong, at least level 5.
They have strong ability to sustain combat, and because they are good at magic, they can often cope with various complex environments.
The most powerful Blood Dragon Knights are not necessarily inferior to Death Knights.
Terror Knights more often appear as a type of soldier, and most of them use heavy sabers as weapons.
The signature ability is that every time an attack hits, there is a chance of a critical hit and a curse.
When a critical hit is triggered, a single blow can kill half of a soldier, even one of the same level soldiers. His explosive power is almost invincible among cavalry of the same level.
Even if he survives by chance, if he is cursed, his abilities will be reduced and it will be difficult for him to survive the subsequent attacks of the Terror Knights.
Now the enemy has the Blood Knight as the vanguard, accompanied by the Soul Knight and the Black Knight, and a large number of cannon fodder as cooperation, adopting a method similar to the one Luna used just now to deal with those zombies.
They are constantly cutting and disrupting our formation, and almost no troops on our side can resist them.
And because their average strength was stronger and their numbers were greater, their losses were much greater than those of the undead who were beaten by Luna.
There are also some bloodthirsty bat wolves who lead the tomb evil spirits to rush around, and they can easily cause chaos wherever they pass.
Those tomb guards and skeleton soldiers weighed only a few dozen pounds including their weapons and armor, and they simply could not withstand the enemy's charge. Now it all depended on the constructs and the troops of the chosen heroes to hold on.
Levi's Silver Guards are capable of fighting, but their number is only a few hundred, and it is difficult for them to play a decisive role in a battle of this scale.
And if they did so, regardless of whether they would succeed in the end, the losses would be extremely heavy.
So at this moment, under the command of Elegy, Alyssa and others, they were not too enthusiastic, but just cooperated with their friendly forces and gave priority to clearing the enemies north of the ferry.
After killing all the enemies and joining Levi, we can launch a real counterattack.
At the same time, there are occasionally some hidden necromancers or vampire wizards in the enemy's army, casting evil magic.
The power may not be great, but it can either summon or inflict negative states such as curses, making the situation even worse for one's own troops, which are already weaker than the Blood Knights.
If Donna had not led the team before and killed the enemy's bloodthirsty sky ghosts and other flying soldiers first.
If it weren't for the heroic units such as generals, priests and technicians, they were also fighting hard.
If our main force was not the living, but some constructs and mummies, we would have probably collapsed completely by now.
What made Levi frown the most was that even though the situation had reached this point, Khalida was missing.
She wasn't even on the front line of the battlefield, this is outrageous!
With full of doubts, Levi first asked Cindy and others to meet up with Wange and the others, and prepared to try to save the gradually collapsing battle formation.
At the same time, he immediately found the priest who was most familiar with him, the guy who had taken his Death Guard before. Among the many priests and technicians, the other party was considered to be quite powerful.
"Where is Khalida?"
Since he was already quite familiar with Levi, the priest told him all the information he knew without further ado.
"The Queen discovered Edward's whereabouts. He was traveling with one of the Vampire Queen's trusted maids, so the Queen personally chased him to the northern valley. We are not sure of her exact location for the time being."
Levi was suddenly speechless. Of course, he could roughly understand Khalida's hatred.
The Lamia family originally came from the city of Lamia. The Vampire Queen was once the queen there during her lifetime. Now even the name has only been slightly changed.
After becoming a vampire, she even wanted to transform all the residents under her rule into undead, but she failed in the end.
In a sense, this can be understood as national hatred.
As for personal hatred, there is no need to mention it. Even if the Serpent God saved Khalida, she is no longer a normal human being.
Coupled with the Vampire Queen's subsequent series of actions, Khalida had enough reasons to resent her.
But he still couldn't help but have some doubts. Was Khalida really just bled out in the Bone Temple? Has her injuries really recovered completely?
Why does it feel like her current performance is so different from the wise and decisive warrior queen in Lilith's impression and past legends?
Could it be that the evil ritual had also disturbed her mind?
In fact, this was not the first time he had this doubt. Many of the other party’s previous performances were indeed not worthy of their reputation.
The popular rumors may be wrong, but Lilith's cognition is unlikely to be affected by them.
If Khalida's temperament had not changed drastically due to her recent experience, then it could only be that the injuries she had suffered had left serious sequelae, seriously affecting her thinking.
So much so that her performance was so poor, and even in such a big battle, she behaved so irrationally.
After immediately sending the Inspector Subkong and Shadow Element to search for Khalida's whereabouts, Levi asked, "Did she leave you any special means to deal with this crisis?"
The netherworld fire in his eyes flickered for a moment, and he looked at his companions around him. Finally, the priest chose to tell the truth.
"We do have a backup plan that has not been activated, but that requires the Queen's order, unless..."
Having said that, the priest deliberately paused for a few seconds.
How could Levi not understand what the other party meant? They did have a way, but they just needed an order, or in other words, an excuse.
So he said bluntly: "Use it as you like. If Khalida wants to blame someone, just put all the responsibility on me."
Putting aside the life-saving grace she showed earlier, just look at her poor performance today. After the battle is over, does she really still have the mood to care about such a small matter?
With his words, the priests no longer hesitated. They quickly took out several golden magic circles and cast magic together.
It can be seen that they had already prepared to do this, which made Levi feel a little relieved.
So he turned and began to try to deal with the enemy's cavalry.
Unfortunately, in such a large-scale battlefield, his own strength is not enough to change the situation. After all, the opponent not only has strong average strength, but also has a large number.
Therefore, he could only unite with some stronger friendly forces around him to temporarily maintain a small-scale battle formation intact, wait for the priests to complete the magic, and then consider gradually counterattacking.
He even sent a message to Luna, asking her not to show up for the time being even if she had finished the battle on the other side.
In terms of straight-line charging speed alone, the blood knights' horses are no match for the huntresses' little black panthers.
If they were noticed by the enemy, they would be attacked by a wave of attacks, and except for Luna, the other female hunters would suffer heavy losses.
Although he has no good way to deal with the enemy's cavalry troops for the time being, Levi is still very good at dealing with other undead.
Holy - Ice Storms, Flame Skulls, Micro Meteors and the like appeared one after another, and with the cooperation of Cindy, Sally, Sefa and others , they quickly and forcibly cleared out a large number of tomb demons, exposing several bloodthirsty bat wolves among them.
Donna, who had already received the order in advance, immediately commanded a volley of arrows.
There was no doubt at all, they turned into cold corpses directly.
Although they are both level 6 soldiers like bone dragons, the destructive power and survivability they can exert on the battlefield are vastly different.
If it were a bone dragon, it would probably chase Donna around and make her run for help. After all, the Sky Slayer itself was too fragile.
Seeing how well they performed, many of the chosen heroes began to subconsciously move towards them, and soon Levi gathered a lot of strength.
At this time, the priests finally completed their rituals.
As the ground cracked, countless skulls formed miniature fountains, lifting out several pitch-black coffins.
Anyone who knows a little about magic can see that it is densely engraved with countless runes representing vicious curses.
The huge amount of magical energy is almost visible to the naked eye, forming whirlpools.
Cindy, Sefa and others who had keener perception subconsciously became fully alert, because they could all feel that in that black coffin, there were countless souls wailing and roaring!
Many celestial beings showed hostility and even hatred in their eyes.
Because if we only talk about the degree of evil, these black coffins are undoubtedly more than a hundred times more evil than the sword-bound spirits just now!
But the priests were overjoyed: "It succeeded, there are more than expected, a total of five soul coffins!"
Levi also waved his hand, signaling his subordinates not to get too excited.
Although in his opinion, these things were indeed a little too evil, but using evil to fight evil might sometimes be more effective than his divine power.
He just nodded to the priests and said, "Use all your strength. Leave the defense to me first!"
The priests did not exchange excessive politeness, because everyone knew that the current battle situation was extremely unfavorable to their side, especially since their leader, Queen Khalida, was missing.
So they need to turn the tide as quickly as possible and even end this battle!
